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Daily Inspiration Quote by David Arquette

"I'm not one to run around with different girls. I like someone that makes me feel good and that I can make feel good"

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Arquette’s line reads like a defensive confession dressed up as wholesome preference: don’t mistake my public access to temptation for private appetite. Coming from an actor whose career unfolded under the tabloid microscope of late-90s/early-2000s celebrity culture, it’s a preemptive boundary-setting move. “I’m not one to run around” is less a moral claim than a brand correction, the kind celebrities learn to deliver when their dating lives become a proxy for character.

The phrasing does double work. “Different girls” signals the stereotype he’s swatting away: the restless male star sampling an endless buffet. He chooses “girls,” not “women,” which subtly keeps the terrain casual and pop-cultural, not solemn. Then he pivots to reciprocity: “makes me feel good” and “I can make feel good.” That symmetry is the payload. It reframes desire as mutual care rather than conquest, shifting the conversation from quantity (how many) to quality (how it feels). In a media ecosystem that rewards scandal, he offers something intentionally unscandalous: an ethic of emotional exchange.

It’s also a carefully modest romantic ideal. He doesn’t promise forever, soulmates, or moral superiority. He anchors the standard at “feel good,” a deliberately everyday metric that reads approachable, not performative. The subtext is clear: I’m not selling purity; I’m selling compatibility. In celebrity terms, it’s the difference between being a headline and being a person.

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Arquette, David. (n.d.). I'm not one to run around with different girls. I like someone that makes me feel good and that I can make feel good. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-not-one-to-run-around-with-different-girls-i-110942/

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Arquette, David. "I'm not one to run around with different girls. I like someone that makes me feel good and that I can make feel good." FixQuotes. Accessed February 1, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-not-one-to-run-around-with-different-girls-i-110942/.

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"I'm not one to run around with different girls. I like someone that makes me feel good and that I can make feel good." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-not-one-to-run-around-with-different-girls-i-110942/. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is a Actor from USA.

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